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Japanese Financial Institution Set to Launch a Digital Currency Exchange

31/10/2016(0)
Japanese financial services group SBI is set to launch a platform that enables the trading and exchange of virtual currencies, citing increasing interest in virtual currencies like bitcoin which is proving ... Read More
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FCA UK issued a warning for trading with OneCoin digital currency

27/09/2016(0)
FCA has issued a warning to inform that consumers should be wary of dealing with OneCoin, which claims to offer the chance to make money through the trading and ... Read More
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SWIFT: Virtual currencies unlikely to crowd out fiat currencies

07/09/2016(0)
The SWIFT Institute has published a new research paper analysing whether Bitcoin will crowd out fiat currencies in the global community. The paper, entitled “Virtual currencies: Media of exchange or ... Read More
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Baidu Freezes Bitcoin related promotions

29/08/2016(0)
China’s leading search engine Baidu has halted—sans any warning—all bitcoin and digital currency-related advertising on its network. Chinese media outlet CnLedger broke the news on Friday, with a tweet that said Baidu “has stopped all ... Read More
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Bitcoin trading booms, lures currency traders

16/08/2016(0)
Bitcoin trading volume is soaring in Japan as wild price movements spur an increasing number of currency speculators to shift into the digital-money market. Japan’s leading bitcoin exchange operator ... Read More
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Is this the end of Bitcoin anonymity? EU plans database of Bitcoin Users

28/07/2016(0)
The European Commission is proposing the creation of a database that will hold information on those using virtual currencies and that will record data on the users’ real-world identity, along ... Read More
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Evaluating the EU’s New Definition for Virtual Currencies

11/07/2016(0)
The European Commission this week adopted a legislative proposal meant to bring virtual currency exchanges and custodian wallet providers under the scope of the EU’s Anti-Money Laundering Directive. This ... Read More
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Everything you need to know about Bitcoin and the new contender Ethereum

23/06/2016(0)
Well, if we leave the EU and the Pound plummets, there’s always Bitcoin,” a glum currency trader joked last week. “Assuming our computers still switch on after Brexit.” He ... Read More
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Russian Ministries Question Bitcoin Criminal Liabilities

10/05/2016(0)
The Ministry of Justice and the Interior Ministry in Russia have – according to reports – questioned the “public danger” that Bitcoin supposedly brings, as proposed by the Russian ... Read More
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Why Europe Just Dropped the €500 Bill

05/05/2016(0)
High-denomination currencies are falling out of favor. The European Central Bank announced on Wednesday it will phase out €500 notes. Depending on who you ask, the controversial move will ... Read More
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